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BY HOYT & CO. ANDERSON, S. C, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26,1876. VOL. XII-NO. 15 RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION.?Two Dollars per annum, and One Dollar for six mouths, r Subscriptions are not taken for a less period . Liberal deductions made to clubs oT ten or ?uore subscribers. RATES OF ADVERTISINO.?Ode Dollar per square ol one Inch for the first Insertion, and Fifty i 'Cent* per squaro for subsequent insertions less than three ? months. No advertisements counted less than a square. Liberal contracts will he made with those wishing for tfueo, six or twelve months. Sd ? contract must bo qontlned to tho ?a 3 business of the firm or individual contrac ybltuary Notices exceeding are lines, Tributes of Respect, and all personal'communications or matters of individual interest, will be charged for at advertising rates. Announcements of marriages and deaths, and notices of a religious character, are rcspcctfull r solicited, and will be inserted gratis. _ i Hi-/y.. - n ? i THE CAJ"NHOY RIOT. Unprovoked Attack Upon White Men? " Two Men Probably Killed and Thir? teen Wounded. Trom.t&e Charleston Sew and Courier, nth instant. ' > ?Early iff the' present political canvass ;in Charleston County the Democracy ex? pressed a desire to meet the Republicans in joint .discussion. The request was promptly acceeded to, the only condition, -and one entirely satisfactory to the De? mocracy, being 'that no guns should be "taken to the meetings by either party. Under the. arrangement so .made joint discussions have taken place .at Straw? berry,, on John's Island, on Ediato Island and at other points. The Democrats conformed strictly to their agreement, but the Republicans, on some occasions, as at Strawberry, were armed with mus? kets and shot guns. On Ed is to, on Sat? urday, they were well provided with bludgeons and knives. No uneasiness or distrust was, however, aroused, and the Democratic speakers would have willing? ly gone alone, and without escort, to any part of the county. This was the condi? tion of affairs when the steamer Pocosin left the wharf Monday morning, having aboard the Democratic speakers appoin? ted to attend the joint meeting to be held at Brick Church, about three miles from Cain hoy, in' the parish of St. Thomas and St. Dennis. The Pocosin was chartered for the ex? clusive use of the Democratic party, and had between 100 and 200 Democrats aboard. Among them were the speakers: th? Hon. M.'P. O'Connor, candidate for Congress ; Mr.'St. Julien Jervey, candi? date for Solicitor; Messrs. Ficken and C. C, White, candidates for the Legisla? ture ; Mr. C. C. Leslie,colored, candidate for County. Commissioner; Col. M. R. Delany, colored, and others. Before the Pocosin left a large party of negroes made a dash- and endeavored to secure a passageV They-were - Wry noisy and threatening, declaring that they intended "to go anyhow," and that they wanted a chance "to clean .out the d??n Demo crats/^j ?ici r*?o?i?. of then! are believed to belong to the Hunkadori Club, whose -members-were the leaders in the riot of the 6th of- September: when the colored Democrats were attacked'and several cit? izens were wounded. As many of these men as could be accommodated were, however, ? taken aboard. One man threatened "to raise h?11 on that boat." He did not go. Just as'the steamer was ready to start, word was Teceived that County Chairman Bo wen was on his way down; and would like to accompany the p^pxJcri^^.par^. This courtesy was extended to him and his companions, and at lost the steamer got away. There was no incident worth noting on the run. to Cainhoy.- The Democrats anmsed ?themselves by firing with their pistols--at '?such objects in the river as attracted their attention,. and before the journey was over many of the few pistols were empty. This met was. known to the Republicans who were aboard. Do Ting the trip, Mr. O'Connor and County Chairman Bowen conferred together, and it was agreed that each side should be allowed two hours during, the meeting, each side dividing the two hours, as might be thought proper, among its speakers. The steamer reached Cainhoy at about half-past two o'clock, and the Democracy werei' most hospitably received by. the villagers,, who had provided. wagons and either'vehicles to convey them to the Brick Church, the place of meeting, about three: miles distant Bowen started off in a buggy as soon as he could land, and must have reached the Brick Churchhalf an hour or more before the arrival of the Democrats. : The place' of meeting was on rising ground, a small hill. In front of the speaker's stand.' and forty; or fifty yards distant, wasftfie church, with the small building used as a vestry on its right To the'left of the stand was an old brick building, with only part of the walls standing. Bowen called the meeting to order,; and James Stuart, colored, was appointed chairman for the Republicans, and Mr. Samuel Sanders, the precinct chairman, was chosen chairman for the Democrats. A .lively; ait was played by the Eutaw Band, '\vhiciv the Democrats had brought from town, an ci the speaking b^garn. Mr. W. St. Julien Jervey was the first speaker, and, as.much as he has spokeu, never spoke better. The speech was listened to with deep attention, and there was no sign of trouble.. . Wv J. McKjnUty, cplorecVsras to follow Mr. Jervey. The band was playing, and some of the'riegrbfeV shouted out that they did npt^ant njnyTmtff?c; they wan? ted to hear their people talk. Assoonaa the air was .finished, the band stoppet), .md .McKiulay, who seemed-nervous and excised, began a very violent speech. Hd had not, however,'spoken "more than two or three minutes when there was a slight disturbance, snch as might be caused by a.runaway horse, on the left of the stand. This attracted very little attention, but was followed by a musket shot. Instant? ly the colored men at the meeting darted to the bushes and seized their guns which thdbrftrjj hidden. From the bushes and fro?fthe mrfher 'side of the ravine volley after ?bne"y*was fired1 into the surpriseu, betrayed -and armcyt^defenLseless Demo? crats. J .j Many different and conflicting accounts of the "origin ?f the fighting have been giy.enj One statement is, that while Mc j&inlay.was speaking, some negro women ran into the crowd, crying out that "the whites had taken the muskets of the col? ored men," and that the firing immedi? ately followed. Another of our inform? ants says that there was a fight, and a pistol drawn, and the negroes then began tiring. Comparing the. several accounts, which have some points in-common, and iu,S0143 respects corroborate each:other, some general conclusions can be reached. Before the meeting some of the Demo? crats walked over to the ruined building off to the left of the stand, and found that a large number of loaded muskets, some forty or fifty, were hidden in a corner, or in the fire-place. They did not remove the guns, or say anything about them, but the fact that they visited the building may have given rise to the report of the ejaculations of the negro women. The guns, were found some time before the firing commenced. It is toler? ably, certain that somewhat later there was a quarrel between two men?a col? ored Republican and a white Democrat. One informant asserts that the Republi? cans bad denounced what Mr. Jervey had said as "a paek of lies." TheRepublican struck the Democrat, and tire blow was returned. , At this momenta colored man seized a musket and fired at the whites. The: full attention of the meeting had not yet been caught. A number of ne? groes' edged down towards,the swamp, and ? few seconds later a volley was fired at the whites from the swamp. The ne? groes who were left near the stand ran at once to the bushes, where, as was then seen, their guns were hidden. From the bushes they fired at the whites, while the negroes in the ravine continued their fire. It should be noted here that not one of the Democrats had a rifle, musket or shot gun; that it was agreed that no such weapons should be taken to the meetings ; that the Republicans, most of them mem? bers'of the militia, had their guns close at hand; that the firing from the swamp was too quick and steady to have been the work of any other than an organized body. As soon as the firing began a party of Democrats ran to the old Drick building where the guns were secreted, and took several of them. These were fired, ap? parently without effect, at the militiamen in the ravine. The Democrats, white and colored, in front of the stand were in a pitiful plight. Not more than a third of their number were armed, and they with pistols only. These they vainly fired at the negroes, who held positions fifty and a hundred yards away. Being practically defenseless, the whites rapid? ly and in some disorder, retreated down the road towards Cainhoy. At the church a small party rallied, and pre? vented any pursuit that might have been contemplated. Ball and buckshot cut the leaves and sung around the ears of the rear guard. Sullenly and< steadily they withdrew, the negroes saluting them with a farewell volley. The engagement was soon over, but the casualties were heavy aud distressing. It is wonderful that so many escaped unhurt. The negroes, squatting among the scrub-oaks, took pot-snots at every Democrat whom they could draw a bead on. Mr. O'Con ner escaped an nejly wound by being pushed aside, at the church, as a negro fired at him, and Mr. Jervey was delibe? rately-shot at, although he had not even drawn his pistol. The stand at the church, among the grave stones, was certainly the salvation of the party, and the gallantry of Messrs. Wescoat, W. Hampton Smith and Jervey is highly praised. Their names are mentioned specially, with no idea of detracting from the merit of their brave comrades. What became of Bo wen is not positive? ly known. It is said that he called out for some one to accompany him and try to stop the firing, and it is known that Mr. G. R. Walker, a Democrat, did at once walk with Bowen up to the muzzles of the militia muskets, and tried to per? suade the militia to lay down their arms. But Cyrus Gaillard, Bowen's right-hand man, was extremely violent, and urged the negroes to continue the fight. Gail? lard is reported to have said: "Now'sthe time; we ve got 'em;" and one eye-wit? ness informs us that Gaillard himself fired five shots at the whites. The negroes paid no heed to remonstrances, ana renewed the firing. One of them, pointing to Mr. Walker, who, being on a mission of peace, had not drawn his pis? tol, cried out, ''Shoot that white man." By strategic movements from tree to tree, the brave young Democrat managed to rejoin his comrades. Bowen himself had a very narrow escape. A wounded Dem? ocrat put a pistol to the back of his head and was about to blow his brains out, when his arm was thrown up by another Democrat who was near by. Bowen did not come up to the city last night, but remained at Cainhoy. The horses and mules used by the Democrats in going to the meeting were stampeded during the fight, and most of them were taken off by the Republican negroes. The Democrats who bad'gone to the cburch in wagons and other vehi? cles returned painfully to Cainhoy on foot. There was a dead-set -at the col? ored Democrats. Mr. Leslie was wound? ed; so were Mr. Bennett-and his son. Col. Delany was in request, but was one of the first men to reach the steamer, and is safe. The small community at Cainhoy were terribly alarmed at the fight and its re? sults. It was evident that the Republi? can negroes were masters of the peninsula, and it was feared that they might attack the village itself. Two of the Democrats were discovered to be missing?Mr. Mc? Neill and Mr. Whittaker. It was de? cided, therefore, to leave forty or fifty men at Cainhoy to protect the place, ana to send the Pocosin at once to Charleston for reinforcements and such other aid as was required. The P ocbsih reached Charleston about 7 o'clock, and arrangements were at once made to send a strong body of men to Cainhoy. About 9 o'clock she cast off, having aboard from 75 to 100 men under the direction of Major G. L. Buist, of the Palmetto Guard. All the members of this company who bad attended the meet? ing remained at Cainhoy, excepting Mr. Smith, who came up to the city to report, and Mr. Couch, who, being wounded, ac? companied: him. There was intense ex? citement-in the city, and 500 men could have been had if desired. It is not thought there will beany further trouble, and the Pocosiu, when she returns to-day i^expected to report that all.is quiet." . ? From the nature of the fight,'-' which was practically all on one side, the cas? ualties were confined almost exclusively to the Democrats. The following is be? lieved to be an accurate list of the Demo? crats who were.wounded: Mr. Alexander McNeill, of King street, was certainly,.severely- wounded,.and is reported to have died. This is not cer? tain, as be was missing when the Demo? crats returned to Cainhoy. Mr. Thomas Whittaker, of Charleston, an elderly citizen,-who was present mere? ly as a looker-on, was shot through the neck and fell to the ground. He, too, was missing, and is reported to be dead. After he was wounded he was robbed by the Republican negroes of his watch and boots. Captain C. Carroll White was wound? ed in the shoulder and foot. The wounds are painful, but not dangerous. Last night he was doing well. W. Hampton Smith was wounded slightly in the arm, causing some loss of blood, but not disabling him. His coat was riddled. W. St. Julien Jervey was wounded slightly in the leg. ? Mr. S. L. Bennett, colored, the former County Auditor, was wounded slightly in the left foot and ankle. His leg is very much swollen. Augus G. Bennet, colored, son ofS. ?. Bennett, was wounded severely in the groin and left ankle. E. P. Crouch was wounded in the calf of the leg severely. William Sineath was wounded in the head and ear. Lewis Jones was wounded in the breast. E. A. Cobin was wounded slightly in the thigh. Elraore Dukes was slightly wounded. -Larrisey is also reported wounded. The wounds were dressed by Mr. J. E. Farris on the Pocosin on the way home. Nothing positive is known of the losses, if any, among the Republicans, except what is stated by Mr. Henry Sau? ders?that a negro, who was by his side, fell dead at bis feet. Mr. Sanders was not hit; the ball intended for him had killed the negro. There are rumors that colored men, two or three, were seen to drop their arms, but this does not prove that they were hurt. A score of pistols, as against one or two hundred muskets and shot guns, count for very little. We doubt that any negroes were killed be? yond the one mentioned by Mr. Sanders, and it is as likely as not that none were wounded. Mr. S. L. Bennett, a prominent colored citizen of Charleston, says: I was look? ing to see what caused the excitement, when I saw about forty or fifty colored men moving off down the hill. On reaching the bushes they stooped, and, as they rose again, every man of them had a gun in his hand, and, a moment later, they iaised the guns, took aim and fired direct'y into the crowd. The Democrats were then completely surrounded- and enfiladed ou every side, and a general rush for the boat followed. The firing ceased long enough for the negroes to load, and they then poured another vol? ley into the crowd. The firing appeared to be promiscuous. The white men had no guns, and I did not see a single white man fire a shot. I heard two or three pistol shots, but don't know who fired them. In retiring with the crowd from the stand with my son, A. G. Bennett, I and just as we ascended a little bank, two negroes came out of the bushes on the top of a little bill and took deliberate aim at myself and son and fired. I was wounded in the instep of the loft foot with a small ball, apparently a buck or a large duck shot. My son was shot in seven places, two shots entering the hip, two in the calf of the leg and three in the foot. The negroes were armed with muskets, and some ten or fifteen were picked up in the road where they had been dropped. The party reached the boat as best they could, and the negroes held undisputed possession of the field. No attempt was made to go back (or the missing, as it was as much as our lives were worth. I do not know the names of the killed or wounded except from hearsay; and other particulars of the difficulty I have also only by hearsay. I conscientiously be? lieve that the whole thing was apreconcert' ed plan, by whom I cannot say, to take advantage of the slightest pretext and fire upon the unarmed* crowd; for the mo? ment the disturbances started, thejaegrocs rushed to the bushes in every direction and begun a promiscuous firing. J. R. Jenkins, the well-known colored Democrat who was at the meeting at Cainhoy yesterday, said, in addressing the Fourth Ward Colored Democratic Club at their hall last night, that the difficulty had been brought on by the Radicals, and upon them should, be fastened the responsibility of the affair. He also stated, as to its origin, that it was caused by a colored Republican who lives at Cainhoy firing off a pistol several times. Jenkins said he conld not be mis? taken as to the origin of the difficulty, as he was on the ground and saw all that occurred. Farther Accounts from the Scene of the Attack. From the tfc w? and* Courier of th* ISM inst. It will be remembered, as was stated in yesterday's paper, that it had been agreed .that neither party should carry guns or rifles to the place of meeting. The whites kept their faith, and the ne? groes'apparently did likewise, but only apparently, as the sequel showed. The riot began while McKinlay was speaking. The hegro.es had not. kept faith with the whites. They had brought their muskets to the meeting, and .'had secreted them in the swamp and in an old outhouse near the church, leaving a guard over them.. It seems clear that the negroes intended to create a riot when Colonel Delany should attempt to speak.; They probably mistook McKin? lay for Delany, and, as soon as he started to speak, began to carry out their pro? gramme. ' A company of armed blacks immediately marched out of the swamp with their arms and opened fire upon the whites, who were unarmed, and a portion of whom at once made a rush for the old frame building, in which - about forty muskets were piled. Then the rest of the negroes retreated to : the swamp, where their gutis were concealed, and, seizing them, opened a brisk and indis? criminate fire upon the Whites. Bowen attempted, or affected to attempt, to in? terfere and preserve the peace, but was fold by his black henchman, Cyrus Gail lard, to stand out of the way; that they intended to get the damned white men now. Both Bowen and McKinlay disap? peared soon after, Bowen telling the white men that they would have to look out for themselves, and that he was pow? erless to preserve the peace. In the meantime Colonel Delany, Mr. Wm. E. Simmons and several other aged white men had taken refuge in the brick house adjoining the church. Under' the rapid fire poured into them the whites had retreated to the graveyard west of the church, such of them as had pistols re? turning the fire. The negro militia charged out of the swamp, surrounded the brick house, and attempted to batter down the door.. . Failing, in this they, broke open the windows. and pointed their muskets at the occupants who start? ed to retreat. All of them escaped ex? cept Mr. Simmons, an old, crippled and. silver-haired white man, who, upon, emerging from the door, was knocked down by the bla^k savages and literally beaten to death. Not satisfied with this they fired a load of*buck shot into his prostrate body. . After the fight commenced the. ..whites, retreated towards the village. A stand was made among . the tombstones, and another about half "way to the viflage among piles* of cufr wood. ; When the party arrived at the village about six men . were missing. Three of these were brought in in the eveningabout 8 o'clock by a couple of . colored Democrats who visited the scene. The dead body of Mr. Simmons was horribly mutilated. Mr. Wm. Daly, a young white Charles tonian, was also- brought in dead. He i w^a shot through the neck, received thirty-three buck shot in his breast and was fearfully cut up by a hatchet or axe. Mr. Thomas Whittaker was brought in in a dying condition. His right arm was fearfully shattered by a load of buckshot, evidently fired at short range. After he fell he was evidently set upon by the crbjvd and'heaten over M^'head-* and. body with clubsand hatchets. 'Ho lived* until 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Be? fore dying he dictated the following let? ter to his aged mother, who lives iu this city: My Dear Mother?1 am very seriously wounded. They took off my shoes and cursed mc for a d?d Democrat, saying that It came here to raise a row. I told them I did no such thing; that I only came here to hear the speaking. I send my love. I wish I could come to see you, and I will do so if I am ever able. I am trying to put my trust in the Lord, and I hope to be forgiven my sins and meet you in heaven. Thomas Whittaker. The forty men who had been letfCtp: protect the women and children at the village were found encamped around the residence of the Rev. E. C. Logan, where all the ladies and children of the village had been collected. The wounded were lying in the chapel attached to the resi? dence, and every one of them had not only been horribly mutilated, but they, as well us the dead, had been robbed of their clothing. Hats, shoes, stockings, coats and vests were taken, and every one's pockets were rifled. Mr. Simmons' leg was smashed so that when the men who carried his body to the boat at? tempted to lift him, the leg bent over above the knee. He had no arms with him at the time of the riot. The ladies in the house bestowed every attention upon the wounded, who were laid upon mattresses in the cbnpel, the cushions from the altar being used for the purpose. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The' mattreB3C3 were literally soaked in blood. . j. Mr. Alexander McNeill and Mr. John King, the former wounded in the groin, and the latter in the abdomen, have since died from the effects of their wounds. The following is a full list of the white men killed: Mr. Win. E. Simmons, Mr. Alexander McNeill, Mr. Wm. Daly, Mr. Thomas Whittaker, Mr. J. King and Mr. Walter Graddick. The households in which the dead and wounded lay yesterday presented sad spectacles, indeed. Wives were weeping over husbands, mothers over sons, ana brothers and sisters over brothers. Mr. Alexander McNeill, the very wor? thy shoemaker who lived in King street, was shot in the grc in and badly beaten, then robbed of his shoes, coat and watch. His brief recital of his sufferings and the long and toilsome journey he had to make, after the blacks had shot and beat him, to reach a point whence he .could fet transportation to the city, was really eartrenaing. He died last evening, leaving a family very scantily provided for, as he was a poor man and dependent on his daily earnings. Capt. C. Carroll White, the well known pilot, was in bed yesterday with a wound in the shoulder, and was in so much pain that he could only be relieved with opiates. The ball could not be found wnen the wound was probed. The wound will probably keep the Captain in bed and at home for several weeks. ' Mr. Sam. L. Bennett is suffering fr..m inflammation of the foot. His son, A. G. Bennett, is also suffering much from the buckshot wounds he received. Messrs. E. P. Crouch, Wm. Smith, E. A. Cobia, Elraore Dukes and J. Larrissey were doing well, and will soon be all right. Mr. Lewis Jones was confined to bed, and hemorrhage was feared during the day. It did not occur, however. Mr. J. King, who was shot in the stomach, and brought to the city,'lingered until last night ana died. The deceased was a carpenter by trade, a native of Massachusetts, and had lived in this city for a number of years: He was nearly 50 years of age. Mr. W. Hampton Smith was suffering from the painful Wound he got in the arm. How he escaped death is wonder? ful, considering the manner in which his coat was riddled. 'Mr. W. St. Julian Jervey's wound proved slight, and beyond the temporary pain it caused him will not trouble him. Mr. David Pregnall is badly injured, and will be laid up some time. The remains of Mr. Walter Graddick were brought to the city last night. He died of wounds and the severe beating he received. Up to last night there had been in all six deaths and sixteen persons were in? jured on the "Democratic side. At sunrise the party from the city fell in and started out for die scene of the fight. In the swamp; About a mile dis? tant from the church the pickets found a young man named Walter Graddick,, Who like the. rest of. the wounded, was' fearfully beaten', and, of course, stripped' of his clothing and robbed of ever}'thing he had on his person. He was insensi? ble, having lain in the swamp all night. His right eye'was'completely gouged out and he had received several'terrible Sishes on bis head. He was brought to e city on the steamer which left the village about 5 o'clock, and has since died. The detail under the command of Major Buist reached the Brick Church about 8 o'clock Tuesday morning. On every aide were to be seen the evidences of the fight of the day pre vious. A dozen wagons and buggies overturned ,.and smashed lip, a dead mule, shot through the breast, bullet holes in the trees and buildings, all proved how severe had been the fire of the black militia. One dead negro was seen. He was an old man, apparently aged about 70 years, and was lying in the road quite dead, with a load of buckshot in his breast. His name is John Lachicotte. Mr. J. W. Cannon, who was present at'?? the at? tack, states that? this was the fellow who shot Mr. Whitakfr,*n^tha* hfr was im? mediately shot down, but-whether by the whites or by one^of -bis - Own color 'it was 'impossible to tell. A significant fact is that the negroes had even robbed' this bid man. His coat and pants were not worth taking, but thev had carried off bis shoes and 'hat; and Lad rifled his: pockets and left his body flying on the road alongside of-the body of a dead mule. About 3 o'clock a body of fifteen armed negroes came up and asked'permission to remove the body and bury it. They were Allowed to do so. These fifteen negroes were the only ones seen during the day. The force of the--white citizens, after reaching the scene of the attack, were divided into squads And scattered through the parishin search of Mr. Pregnall, who was missing. The mission was a fruitless one.: They only-learned that Mr. Preg nall, after being badly wounded, was res? cued from the mob by a colored man and. carried to the city In a small boat. It was subsequently learned that Mr. Preg? nall had reached;the city. The attack upon the whites was delib? erately planned. Mr. Jeffords, who lives at Cainhoy, told 'the reporter that as far back1*as ten days ago a negro named George Brady' told him that he did not want to see any of his (Mr. Je fiord's) family hurt, and that there would be trouble when this meeting took place. Mr. Jeffords further Bays that he came to the city upon the receipt of this informa? tion and endeavored to see some of the Democratic Executive Committee, but failed to find them. The following affidavits were made yesterday by gentlemen who were on the field and saw the commencement and end of the fight: Geo. Rivers Walker, who, being duly sworn, says: "I first saw the negroes firing with muskets into unarmed whites, or men with pocket pistols only. I saw Abram Smith, Trial Justice, (colored,) firing three shots at running men, who appeared unarmed. After the first volley there was cessation for a short while. C. C. Bowen, Republican, offered to go with any white man among the negroes and pacify them. I volunteered. We went among them ; Bowen told them to 'stop this.' There was no firing at this time. Cyrus Gaillard ran past Bowen and my? self, and urged and incited the negroes to begin firing again. Tbey did so, and began after a few shots to fire at me, though I had gone among them at the invitation of their leader, C. C. Bowen, as a peacemaker. How I escaped in safety, dodging among the trees, is more than a miracle to me. Tim whites, being almost unarmed, made little or no resist? ance. I saw the wounded men brought in, backed so- that most of them must' die, with a hatchet or some blunt instru? ment, while left on the field." J. C. Boyce, being first duly sworn, testified as follows: "I saw the first shot fired at the Brick Church, St. Thomas and St. Dennis, on the 16th of October, 1876. I am positive it was fired by the negroes. No gun was seized by the. But? ler Guards until the negroes, with cocked muskets, were advancing on the whites." William S. Vonning, Jr., being duly' sworn, deposes as follows s "On the I6tn day of October, A. D. 1876,1 was at tbe Brick Church, St. Thomas and St. Den? nis ; it was before the arrival of the Democrats. C. C. Bowen had arrived in advance of them. The negroes had al? most all arrived, and were mostly armed with muskets. I heard the negroes say: 'If Delaney speaks we'll have a row and take him down.' C. C. Bowen said dis? tinctly in my hearing: 'Conceal your muskets.' They (the negroes) at once did so until the row begun, when they jerked them out and began firing on the whites, who were mostly unarmed, and those who were armed only with pocket pistols. I saw tbe row begin. The ne roes suddenly ran for their arms and egan charging the whites with muskets at full cock before a shot war fired. And I solemnly state that it is my firm belief that they fired first. I was in a position to see the contrary had it occurred, and lam sure the negroes fired first; but "even were I wrong, no white man fired until the negroes were advancing on them with muskets presented as afore? said." When the reporter left Cainhoy last night, the white citizens who had left for Cainhoy on Monday night had returned to the city, having been relieved by a body of about seventy-five gentlemen from tbe city, who reraaiued there all night to guard the women and children. Dr. Horlbeck remained at the village; Dr. Simons returned to the city. Up to the hour of the departure of the steamer, no negroes were seen in tbe neighbor? hood. It was supposed that they had all collected at Daniel's Island, some ten miles from the village, where they were under arms. Is It South Carolina or Mexico i Arbitrary illegal arrests by federal sol? diers, under tbe orders of federal deputy marshals have begun in South Corolina. Governor Chamberlain, candidate for re? election, opposed not only by the Demo? crats but by a considerable and increas? ing faction in bis own party, fears that he will be beaten. Accordingly he ap? peals to the federal administration for the loan of soldiers to help him to intim? idate the'recalcitrant voters. Having, arranged a board of State canvassers of election and a returning board, tbe ma? jority of whose members are candidates on tbe same ticket with him, and 'are thus by a monstrous perversion of justice entitled to decide the vote in their own favor; having further managed that of the ninety-six commissioners of elec? tion in the counties seventy should be his declared i partisans and forty office? holders who hold their places by his ap? pointment; having thus prearranged the count in his Own favor, Mr. Chamberlain now summons, federal troops and federal marshals to arrest citizens known to be opposed to him in politics.. And all this in the United States, and under, the auspices of a party which once called it? self the pre-eminent friends of liberty, and some of whose leading members held the Fugitive Slave law to be unconstitu-; tional because it interfered with the rights of the. States. Mr. Charles Francis Adams, in a/fir, cently published letter, warned the peo 81 e against the revolutionary tendencies f the Republican leaders. Was he far wrong? A multitude of respectable citi? zens, among all the Republican members of the Supreme Bench of,the State, assert f: mblicly that there is no trouble, no po itical violence or lawlessness in South Carolina. Tbe citizens who have been arrested have. submitted quietly. The Governor.himself has made no pretence even of/ ah effort to subdue lawlessness; he has done nothing but issue a,violent and incendiary proclamation and sent for fe,cleral troops, like his prototype, Perrin, in'Alabama, who.shot a hole through his own bat and then called for tbe soldiers., Does the Republican party of the North consent to such revolutionary acts as, this? Is this a sample of what jt,prO;, poses to do if it is continued in power for another four -years? If so, then the Safest, the only safexoursc for Northern voters, is to turn it out. There can be no doubt on. that subject. This is not 'Mexico out''these acts of Governor K^fi^'"^f^ff^Mj^i^1**?fii^J?^rTV?*w' ?^federal troops and federal" "power'} would, if continued [four years longer, set, us a Jong way tor i ward Mexico. If it is granted that the. political party which happens to possess, the federal government may march' its' soldiers into the States for political pur? poses, theu we "have paved the fltftj broad? ly, for general and civil disorder. If these proceedings in South Carolina are hot. promptly disowned by the Republican .candidate every Northern citizen who has a stake in the country, ought to vote against him.?New York Herald. ? "You talk like an Associated Press agent," is the gentle manner in which a man is now told that he lies. ? jj ?r The .young man who . wrote and asked his girl to accept a "bucket" of flowers became a little pale when she said she wooden ware it. . ' ? The Centennial has been a groat, bastener of marriages. People., have rushed into matrimony so as to go to tbe Centennial on their wedding tour at the same time .. .. . . . : ? The cold winter of 1875}, tbe doctors said, gave nearly everybody seeds of con? sumption ; the hot summer of 1876 has left the air full of malaria and fever, so it is declared. It is a wonder how we exist at all. ? A remark of an old minister is re? commended to all preachers who are tempted to complain of a small congre? gation : "It is as large a congregation, perhaps, as you will want to account for at the day of judgment." ? An old woman who is crossing the: street has a narrow- escape from being run over by a hearse: "I am not at all superstitious," she says to her rescuer, "but it has always seemed to me that it would be unlucky to be killed by a hearse." ? An editor is described as a man who is liable to gramatical blunders, typo? graphical errors, and lapse of memory, and has twenty-five thousand people watching him tripping, a man of sorrow and acquainted with grief, poorly paid, poorly estimated, yet envied by some of the great men he had made. ? Women are gettting their rights in Massachusetts. Tbe latest advance is the establishment at South Framing ham of a prison exclusively for women, to be manned with women keepers and f;uards, the only specimen of the mascu ine tyrant around the institution being an engineer and a fireman. ? Burlington Hawkeye: A near? sighted man out on South Hill went wandering around among his currant bushes yesterday afternoon and stooped down and pulled a live centennial wasp's nest dp by tbe roots to see what it was. He didn't get it anywhere hear the focus of his eyes before he had an idea that it was a flat-iron some of the women had set outside to cool; then he thought it might be a concentrated case of prickly beat; and then it dawned upon him that he had picked up a raw thunderbolt, and finally Iiis heart went clear down into his boots as be realized that he had got hold of the dangerous end of the Hell 1 Gate explosion and pulled it off. TUE ELLENTON BIOT. the true story of the race conflict in carolina. "The Three Day's Wae"?The Light Hobse Cavalby Against the "Win? chester Riflemen"?Wabm Fight? ing in theswamp8?HOW the blue Coats Stopped a Veby Ugly Con? flict?Looking Up the Dead Men ?The Full List of the Men Who Webe Really Killed ob Actually Wounded. From the New York Herald. Ellenton, Aiken County, S. C, October 6,1876. Your correspondent, pursuant to in? structions, hus given a patient bearing to every man in Aiken County who desired to talk about' the late conflict in this county; has tediously evolved fact or comment from those who did n^* want to talk, and has visited every battle field'of J this guerilla war, from the defile where the first recontre took place, past Rouse's Bridge, and the Double Bridge, the Cow don Swamp, Sil verton, where the brace of black villains committed tbe first crime; Crown Mills, the point where the railroad track was torn up, and finds himself this morning at Ellenton, the uttermost point of the conflict. a war that was waged in the dark. I have been especially careful to sift the truth out of the cloud of rumors that are flying about, and to note nothing as trustworthy that was not supported by tho affidavit of a\ respectable citizen. I doubt if there has ever been a serious conflict at a point so accessible to the authorities concerning which so little has been reliably published. There is a mystery about the whole matter that only the most persistent examination has] cleared away. The estimates as to the killed and wounded have varied all the way from ten to 300. A prominent Dem? ocratic journalist remarked to me quietly that he y. s afraid as many as 200 ne? groes had been killed. A negro, who was in the skirmishes himself, did not think over 'three negroes were killed. Two United States: Mar? shals and . the District Attorney have been engaged a week taking testimony, and, when I saw them last, with a double ream of affidavits, could not approximate even so simple a matter as-the number of | the slain. They hope to be through, in six or eight days, when tbey,w.Ul report officially. The.trouble about' the matter is that the fighting lasted for three days; that the bloodiest work was done at night; that the rccontres all took place in or near .impenetrable swamps; that they covered an area of thirty miles, and that makers 'have not settled yet; Add to these difficulties tbe fact: that both races are still very much; exerted, and you will see how hard it,has' been to get tbe truth! What I shall write is the truth'.'' It' is backed 'by affidavits, by con - current circumstances, and it cannot be gainsaid. Wheu the official report is made it { must conform essentially to what is writ? ten below.. The .story is a strange one, and its suggestions are valuable, just] now. On the 15th of September the houseibf j Mr. Alonzo Harley, at Sil verton, was entered by two negroes with burglarious intent. Mrs. Harley was sick in bed. Her son, a'little 'fellow-or tender years. Was her only companion, her husband beting absent. The negroes boldly enter? ed her,room and commenced to rob, at which, she protested, The negroes then attacked'ner and neat her severely, strik? ing Eer1 twice or tnree times over the upper pare of the body with a club. The child then . attempted to flee the bouse And was caught by the negroes and se? verely punished, he receiving a blow jicross the back of the'neck which may: disable him for life. Mrs. Harley in the meantime had seized her .husband's gun, Which she drew down .upon the plunder-,: era and frightened them off, although the gun was not loaded/ I ;Shortly afterward her husband arrived; | and, collectinga crowds started in pursuit j of tbe villains. A negro, Peter Williams, wa-s captured under suspicion and brought { back to the' house: "Mrs. Harley at once i and fully identified him' as one of the burglars.. Pending: her testimony the negro made a sudden burst for the door, reached it and fled precipitately. Sever? al of his captors rushed to the doors and windows- and fired upon him. He fell and was brought back to the bouse 8everely, and it wa8 thought sior , tally wounded. He then confessed to having committed the robbery and been privy to theaasault of Mrs. Harley, which, however, he claimed Was committed by one Frederick Pope, colored. He- was then properly taken .care of by. his captors and his wounds dressed. Right here I shall take issue with the published accounts. " Wil? liams did not die, as has been reported, but is now convalescont. Steps were theu .taken by the friends of Harley and his wife to capture Pope, the accomplice, if not the principal, for the crime for which Williams -had . suffered. The proper affidavits were made, and Charles Griffin, a colored Justice of the Peace, issued a warrant for the arrest of Pope.. In ibe meantime news had been received, I a very general and exciting rumor pre? vailing to this effect, that a large number I of armed colored men had assembled and were assembling for tbe purpose of avenging ?he murder of Peter Williams, who was then believed to be dead. Wil I liams was extremely popular with tbe negroes, and they protested at that time (the contrary having been indubitably proven since and confessed on all sides,) that he was innocent of the crime im? puted to him, and that he had been killed by. tbe,whites through pure wan? tonness. There 'are no elected constables in South Carolina, and the justices appoint a constable for the serving of each war? rant (hat they issue. Feeling that there would be trouble in making the arrest of Pope, Griffin appointed Mr. Angus P. Brown, a citizen of known courage but of prudent good sense, to carry out his writ of arrest.. and bight hebe the wae cloud showed itself. .Mr.. Brown quietly proceeded to,sur? round himself with a small but deter? mined ? posse. By Saturday night he had collected fourteen men, having intended to take only ten. He then waited for morning, that tbe search for Pope might be commenced, keeping his men together during the night; Early in the morning he learned that Pope was at'Rouse's Bridge, under the protection of a consid? erable number of armed, negroes. He at once sent Messrs. Weatbersby and Stall ings out as scouts to' determine if the report were true, and in the meantime advanced with his posse toward the bridge, taking the precautioajo carry tbe negro justice with him, that the negroes might be persuaded to give up their man with? out a struggle. When thoposse passed Silverton, the home of Mr. Harley, it was reinforced by five men; the news of the gathering at Rouse's Bridge having been received at Silverton several hours before. Constable Brown's scouts, returned,' and confirmed, from actual knowledge, that tbe negroes toward tbe bridge were terri? bly excited, armed and defiant. ? A negro (Sidney Hankenson) confirmed-"-their report, be having been at the bridge himself. Mr. Brown and his posse?i list of which is in my possession?moved quietly forward.. Rouse's Bridge spans a small ceek, and is flanked on the left and left front by an immense swamp. It is approached by a deep and narrow cut. Just as the pout emerged from this cut?or, rather, as the first men emerged?they were met with A RAGGED AND SCATTERING FlitE from a party of negroes, who were align? ed on the very edge of the swamp. No one was injured, a horse only being wounded. The posse promptly returned the fire. It is said that three negroes were.wounded: by this fire. From con? versation with two or three of the blacks engaged I can get the name of only one wounded man?Henry Campbell, 'who was shot in the arm. This, I believe, is I tbe only casualty of the first, Rouse Bridge fight. .At the fire of the whites several negroes issued from tbe swamp and hurried to reinforce their friends, who numbered originally about thirty. Tbe whites fearing the swamp was filled with armed negroes, retired precipitately to a neighboring open field, Knd tbe first fight of the campaign was over. - It is proven.by the affidavits of more than a, dozen men, including the colored Justice, that the negroes'made the first fire, open? ing upon the posse in tbe defile, as is de? scribed above. The whites then, instead of! returning to the attack,.determined to hold a parley. They procured a white flag and sent it by a negro, woman into the swamp, asking for a conference with the blacks. The woman returned short? ly afterward, saying that the negroes re? fused to hold any communication with the whites She was returned to the swamp witu a more pressing invitation for a conference. She did not return at all, but a negro came out unarmed and stated that if the whites would send for? ward six men named, in a list be held in his band, THE BLACKS WOULD GIVE THEM A CON ',. . EBBENCE. if- vq ?51 ? d'? -The whites! agreed and the six men: entered the swamp, j This .was at about 5 o'clock- on Sunday. The whites showed, their'warrant of arrest and demanded the' negro Pope. The blacks replied that Pope was not with them and bad not been. The' whites upon bearing, this agreed that they would disperse and. go home, if the negroes would do the same thing. This was arranged and the con? ference terminated. -The whites:at once dispersed end1 started home, Mr.. Brown riding off by himself, Mr. Staffings and Mr.John Wil? liams taking another road, and thirteen members of the posse riding in scattered groups toward Double Bridge, where they expected to cross. ... These thirteen men were scattered along the road, Messrs. Ashley and two others riding some 300 yards in advance:' When these gentlemen approached the bridge, wading through a dense swamp, about a score of armed negroes jumped up and seized Ashley. Three or four gubs were raised toward him, when Bry-' , ant Counsel, a captain of the negro com-' pany, knocked. the- guns down with his sword, crying "Don't shoot the man? don't shoot I"' He succeeded for a mo? ment, and then cried to Ashley, ' "XO.U WILL HAVE TO SAVE YOUESELiH, , .. BjjB.$ I CAN'TSAVE.yOU,?" . .Ashley at once put spurs to his horse, and rushed, off. He was fired on by sev? eral negroes' and struck'In the back by several small shot. His companions fol? lowed, one of them losing: his gun. and . anpterjtuiyjng. his .(rawsers^ leg torn off by a negro, who attempted' to pull him from bis 'Horse'.' nr> In the meantime, the whites behind Ashley, hearing, the! fixing, galloped sharply -forward.. fi Aa^.they,,.entered the. swamp, eleven in number, they were met with a brisk vollev, and Jim Bush; James Cochrah, ?ID'." W. Croasland and Sid. Hankcrsou .were; wounded. Five of the whites.stood: firm and leveled-theirguns, 'The. Decrees rushed on tbe in, Basil Bry? ant and Wilkins 'Hamilton leading the charge. The whites fired'steadily,'and' ?Basil Bryant fell dead, and Wilkins fell sharply " wounded. Tbe whites then hastily retreated, each,one plunging into the swamp at separate points. Just one-half hour later?this recontre occurring at about six o'clock on Sunday . ?the negroes openedthe ball in another direction, some five miles distant, near Sil verton. Mr. Joh n Williams andStal - lings,' two members of the dispersed posse}1 who were quietly riding borne, were fired' oh by three negroes who were lying down under.alarge tree. John Williams fell dead on" the instant, and Mr. Stagings' horse' was killed. Ho leaped off and' sprung into the woods and made his escape, i ir.vx.il . . , ? At just about this time the skies were reddened in the direction ?f Ellenton BY HEAVY AND VARIOUS FIRES, caused by the burning of a mill, ginhouse and barn on the place of Dr. Bailey. These had been fired by the negroes. Every, point of the above is supported by the fullest affidavits from both whites, and blacks. It appears that the negroes after agreeing to a treaty of dispersal which the whites observed in perfect faith, broke the peace ia three particulars. First by firing on the eleven men at Double Bridge, and wounding four of them; second by the firing on Williams and Stallings, by which,the former was killed;., third, by the burning of the Bailey, outhouses. It must be remem? bered that these'events occurred within two hours of each ether. They covered an area of twelve miles, proving conclu? sively that several bands of negroes were at work with murderous Intent. Occur? ring in the night time as they did, the scattered members of the posse believed that tbe whole negro race of the county were in arms and bent ou murder, rapine and arson. They sped in different direc? tions, rallying the white people and call? ing for aid. This movement commenced at eleven o'clock. By two o'clock possi? bly 200 mounted white men,were hurry-, ing toward Silverton, where they were massed v.t about daylight. Colonel A. P. Butler and Colonel G. W. Croft were at the head of affairs. >?.i l At daylight .Monday -morning, the white column commenced moving brisk? ly toward Ellenton. ?s they were pass? ing through tbe Cowden plantation, they were metey a very excited courier, who announced that tbe negroes had wrecked the train on the. Port Royal Railroad, bard by, and were around the wreck in great numbers. They charged down upon the point of the Week, being cov? ered by a high i grass hedge, until they were fairly upon the negroes. They fired in upon the armed men Standing around the train AND KILLED ONE NEGRO, "WOUNDING ' NONE. The negroes fired a few panicky shots! and scattered. News then came that the . wreckers had refir" ed on, Ellenton, where'they had been met by a company of Barnwell negroes'underSimbnCpfker, and' were in full ana dangerous possession of the town. 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C. they found that the negroes had left, oho party going toward Rouse's Bridge, and the other, under Corker, going toward Penn Branch Swamp, where they EXPECTED TO AMBUSH WHITE REIN? FORCEMENTS that were coming from Barnwell county under command of General Hagood. The whites?it then being about four o'clocl. on Monday?pushed on to Rouse's Bridge. They had not proceeded far when their scouts were fired upon by six negroes, who were fortified in a little house by the roadside. The main body rushing up, the negroes fled." David Mallcy, colored, was shot dead in tbe house. Sam Brown - was killed while running, gun in hand. Warren Eelsey was wounded and fell. The whites rushed upon him. Mr. Jim Bush ex? claimed, "Don't shoot him, boys, his daddy is a good old . negro." A white man, reaching down in the grass, lifted Kelsey's head and cried, "By God! he's got a gun in his hand, right now!" At this a dozen shots were fired and HE FELL BACK DEAD, Couriers then readied the whites and implored them to return and camp in Ellenton during the night, as the negroes bad threatened to return and burn the town. They did so and-went into camp on Monday night at Ellenton. Up to this time the whites bad one man killed and four wounded. The - negroes had five killed and two wounded. During the night and evening at Ellenton, John Kelsey, colored, was killed while running through a field, armed., Wilkins Hamil? ton, colored, who had been wounded at Union Bridge, was brought to Ellenton and was either killed while a' prisoner or died of his wounds received at the bridge. He was reported dead in .the morning. Ab ram Hammond, colored, was killed at Silverton during the evening.' How, I am unable to learn. He was quite an old man and was very obnoxious to the whites. I. shall now leave the Aiken County whites in camp at Ellenton on Tuesday morning (having lost one white man and with four wounded, and having killed eight negroes and wounded two) to describe the .fighting done by the BarnwellCounty men. who, jmder. the lbade'rafiip of General Hagood and Sheriff Satterson, colored, of Bornweii, were .arching toward the scene. It will be .remembered that Simon Corker's compa? ny, armed with Winchester rifles, had left Ellenton on Monday evening for. Penn Branch Swamp, where they inten? ded to ambush the white reinforcements. Before reaching-the swamp the Barnwell whites were fired upon from ambush, and the Sheriff, James Patterson, colored, was severdV?wounded. Upon reaching the edge of the swamp the-advance guard of whites were confronted suddenly by ABOUT SEVENTY ARMED NEGROES, who poured a direct fire Into them. Rob? ert Williams, v\ bite, was.killed at tha first flash. Samuel Dun bar shot in the hand and breast, J. H. Killingsworth was shot in the leg and Mike Heyers .in the neck. The whites returned the fire, and killing Ed. W. Bush, colored, Roundtree, col? ored: and two negroes named "Paris'' aad;"Henry." The negroes then plunged into,.the swamp, leaving Simon Corker, their captain, in the hands of the whites. The whites then pushed on toward Ellen? ton, carrying Corker with them. En route to Ellenton the whites killed George Turner, colored, and .William Tutt, col? ored. . I am informed that these negroes were seen with guns in their hands, Ana. were fired upon and shot down. 'Arriv? ing at Ellenton, Simon Corker, prisoner, ,who had been the instigator and leader or the negroes, it. was alleged, was killed ?by'his captors. The Barnwell' men then -killed seven negroes in the'march to El? lenton, losing one .rAan .killed and three ? wounded. Tie casual ties then stood fif? teen negroes killed in both counties and . 'two wounded;1 whites," two 'killed and eight wounded'.'' ,r '?' ' i THE'MvlriOH ON"BdU8E'8 BRI?GeV''ri : ; , OnTue^aymorningtKeAiien'Obtmty* "whites; who were encamped at Ellenton, ) started for Rouse's Bridge,., where it was understood the negroes were massed in large numbers. U pon reaching the bridge it was'discovered that' the negroes had crossed the creek, torn up the bridge and entrenched themselves in the swamp. The decisive moment had now come. The main body of the whites, some three hundred in number, were preparing to charge on the swamp-in which were am? bushed the. main, body of the negroes, numbers unknown, but possibly as large 'as the whites/ The whites were delayed at the torn bridge, and' spent half an hour in arranging to cross, the stream. 4 few straggling shots -were fired qn both sides, without damage to either. At length the stream' was crossed and the whites were stiffening' themselves in the saddle for a-charge" when a yelinhat broke from the depths of ..the swamp caused them to hesitate. A dozen guns were at the shoulder, to fire on the body of men who were evidently approaching the edge of the swatap, when Captain ' Croft struck them down and shouted: "THOSE ARE WHITE MEN COMING THROUGH. THE SWAMP." In a moment they broke through the edge of the swamp, and discovered that it was a body or United'States troops. The soldiers came walking rapidly for? ward, totally unarmed, many with i their coats off, and many of them swinging their hats in the air. '"", , A committee of three whites, headed by Captain Croft, advanced to meet Cap? tain Lloyd, in command of the troops. After saluting, Captain Croft said:. "We are here, sir, for the purpose of enforcing order. Have you' any orders for us; if so, they shall be obeyed." " : "I have none, eir." ban "Under w.bkt instructions are,you here 'then, sir'?"" ".. "Simply to preserve the peace.** , "Have you any advice to offer f**; , j "I advise you to disperse your men." "Will you force the negroes to dis? perse ?" . ... "I cannot force them. I feel assured, however, that the' advice I shall give them will result in their prompt disper? sion, particularly if you will disperse your men now." This was perfectly satisfactory to Cap? tain Croft and his colleagues;1 and in ? twenty minutes the column of whites, saluting the soldiers-..pleasantly .as they passed, filed beyond the soldiers, and in two hours was cOmitetely dispersed. The negroes committed no more depre? dations, .and thus the three days' war was ended.. . ,. ,: . ? What do cats have which no other animal has? Kittens., ? The Boston ?ejjjodist ministers voted 40 to 8, "that we hereby disapprove of the policy of holding camp-meetings on the Sabbath." ? "Woman is a delusion madam," ex? claimed a crusty old bachelor to a witty young lady. "And man is always hug? ging some delusion or other," was the quick'retort; ' ^ - ? Imagine the feelings of a Hartford man, Who, starting'in a hurry for a pic? nic, took:the wrong.basket,- and- found ;. when he got there, that be. bad .brought, along'a litter of kittens, instead of his lunon.